Re: Freedom Scab List
Maybe the "official" definition of scab doesn't apply here, and yeah none of these people crossed a picket line, but what they did to our ability to negotiate a contract was the same.
When the term "scab" was created, there was not a soul on earth who would have envisioned the Freedom debacle.
Because of "them," many PHX based pilots were junior-assigned to PHL flying, while pilots VERY junior to them were sitting fat and happy in PHX in their shiny new CR9s.
Because of "them," my per diem rate, my payrate, my work rules, my days off, and just about everything else still sits at the bottom of the industry.
Because of "them," morale at what could be a great airline is the lowest in history.
As a business major in college, I hated unions. I swore I'd never join one. After the events of the past 2 years, while I admit that ALPA is in need of serious upgrades, I will never leave my union. When 95% of a pilot group says NO, it is not because of threats or fear of being blackballed or anything else. It is common sense.
There is no way to justify the claim of pilots with less than one year of seniority who chose Freedom because, in their words, "my career isn't moving fast enough." That wreaks of greed.
You can love the union, you can hate the union, but you must always remember that it is wrong to stab your fellow pilots in the back.
-B